More than 3,400 prisoners were serving indeterminate sentences for public protection at the end of June 2019

Unreleased

Recalled to prison*

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

2005

2010

2015

2019

Unreleased

Recalled to prison*

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

Guardian graphic. Source: MoJ. Number on 30 June each year. *Data unavailable before 2016